About The Word Pleading
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Pleading
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What's The Definition Of Pleading?
[n] (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
[adj] expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice" Synonyms | Synonyms for Pleading: appealing | beseeching | imploring | importunate Related Terms | Find terms related to Pleading: adjuratory | answer | appealing | argument | argumentum | bar | begging | beseeching | case | cons | consideration | counsel | counterstatement | defense | demurrer | denial | elenchus | entreating | exception | ignoratio elenchi | imploring | legal profession | objection | plaidoyer | plea | pleadings | precative | precatory | pros | pros and cons | reason | rebuttal | refutation | reply | representation | response | riposte | special demurrer | special pleading | statement of defense | talking point See Also | affirmative pleading | alternative pleading | answer | bill of Particulars | charge | complaint | defective pleading | demurrer | pleading in the alternative | rebuttal | rebutter | rejoinder | replication | special pleading | statement | surrebuttal | surrebutter | surrejoinder Pleading In Webster's Dictionary \Plead"ing\, n.
The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by
arguments.
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